Hat holder



Patented Feb. 6, 1940 UNITED STATES IATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

My invention relates to bolders for hats and the like and more specifically to a bolder particularly adapted to holding hats in an autorhobile.

The objects of my invention are to provide a holder of the utmost simplicity and low cost of construction but retaining the advantages and desirable features of other hat bolders of similar type but of more expensive and complicated construction.

1u These objects I attain inthe construction illustrated in the accompanying drawin'g which is intended to be illustrative of, but not restrictive of, the invention which is specifically defined by and lies within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawing- Fig. 1 is an isometric perspective of the mechanism.

Fig. 2 is an oversize detail of the base plate.

Fig. 3 is an oversize detail of the cover plate.

Fig. 4 is an oversize detail of a portion of the loop member.

Fig. 5 is an oversize detail of the assembled parts.

In the drawng I have shown a double holder,

that is, a holder for two hats, but it will be understood that a single bolder may be made in which are emboded the same principles of construction or that a triple or a quadruple holder may also be construoted according to my invention.

My new holder comprises a base plate I to which is attached a cover plate 2 by means of screws 3 and a loop member having three component portons, namely, a loop 4 adapted, by reason of its size and shape, to receive the crown of a hat, an

extending stem 4a and an end portion 4b substantially at a rightangle with the stem. Gripped between the cover plate and base plate are the end portions 412 of the loop members. The end portion 4b of the loop member is shown in detail in Fig. 4. A recess 5, Fig. 4, partally encircles the end portion. The base plate has semcircular grooves spaced to match With similar semicircular grooves 'I in the cover plate 2. The screw holes 8 in the base plate I are spaced to match screw holes 9 in cover plate 2. The position of these holes which receive the screws 3 is such that the screws enter the recess 5. The form and positon of the recess '5 is such that it permits the loops 4 to rotate between two limiting positions one of which is indicated by the loop in full lines and the other is indioated by the dotted line loop. This recess 5 serves two purposes, it prevents the end portion 4b moving endwise between the base plate I and the cover plate 2, thus holding it in 5 position, and it guides and limitsthe rotation of the loop. By adjusting the screws 3, the end portion 412 is gripped between base plate I and cover plate 2 to produce a suflicient friction to hold the loop member 4 in the desiredposition when a 10 hatis within the loop and at the same time permit easy manual movement of the loop member between the limits permitted by the recess 5.

I am well aware that many devices of this general nature have been designed for the same 15 purpose and I do not claim broadlya hat holder of this type. My new holder embodies the desirable features of adjustable position and limited motion"with a simplicity of construction which permits its manufacture at minimum oost. 0

Iclaim:

1. A laat holder comprising a grooved base plate, acover plate correspondingly grooved, a holding device adapted to hold said plates in juxtaposition one with the other, a loop adapted 25 to receive the crown of a hat, .an extending stem integral with said loop, an end portion of said stem extending at substantially a right angle thereto and positioned in said grooves, said end the crown of a hat, an extension porton integral 4 With said loop, an end portion of said extension porton, and substantially at a right angle themwith, a recess partally encircling said end portion, adapted to permit a limited movement of the loop member, said adjusting means comprising 45 a3screW or like member connecting said cover and said base members and seating in said recess.

JOHN E. VAN PELT. 

